Amphibia - Salientia - Bufonidae
Full reference: R. Estes and J. A. Tihen. 1964. Lower vertebrates from the Valentine Formation of Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 72(2):453-472
Belongs to Bufo according to R. Estes and J. A. Tihen 1964
See also Holman 1973, Holman and Sullivan 1981 and Parmley 1992
Sister taxa: Bufo alienus, Bufo alvarius, Bufo americanus, Bufo bufo, Bufo calamita, Bufo campi, Bufo cognatus, Bufo defensor, Bufo hibbardi, Bufo holmani, Bufo kuhrei, Bufo linquensis, Bufo marinus, Bufo melanostictus, Bufo nestor, Bufo obstetricans, Bufo pliocompactilis, Bufo praevius, Bufo quercicus, Bufo repentinus, Bufo rexroadensis, Bufo serratus, Bufo spongifrons, Bufo suspectus, Bufo terrestris, Bufo tiheni, Bufo viridis, Bufo woodhousei
Type specimen: U.N.S.M. No.61019, a partial skull (right frontoparietal). Its type locality is Norden Bridge Quarry, which is in a Barstovian channel sandstone in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (6: Kansas, Nebraska)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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